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How to swap Caps-lock and Esc keys in Ubuntu

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Here’s a productivity tip that has saved me countless work while typing. Swap your Caps-lock and Escape keys. If you’re like most people, you use Caps-lock virtually never, and Escape quite a lot. Especially if you’re a programmer who happens to use the best text editor, Vim. Read on to learn how to do this.

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October 22nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm

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How to digitize records with Ubuntu, a USB Turntable and Audacity

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I’ve been digitizing my LP collection recently and thought I’d share a quick howto, since I haven’t seen a good complete tutorial on the whole process online. Hopefully this will show up on Google and people can find it.

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August 30th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

Favorite USB wireless card for Ubuntu?

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Dear LazyWeb,

Do you have a favorite USB wifi network card for a laptop running Ubuntu?

Sincerely, Xaprb

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November 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pm

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